RINGU screening at Japan Society NY Friday, Octobee 7th, 2022

Japan Society NY
Presents 

Ringu
Directed by Hideo Nakata

With Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani
Japan, 1998, 96 minutes

DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles

When: Friday, October 7th at 7:00 pm
Where: Japan Society NY
333 East 47th Street 

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A dirgelike procession of contorted corpses, grainy video footage and disturbing imagery, Ringu became the highest-grossing horror film in Japanese history upon its 1998 release. 

Investigating an urban myth of a cursed videotape that kills its watchers within seven days of viewing, journalist Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) discovers a series of unnatural teenage deaths tied to a tangible, real-life tape when her niece falls victim to the curse. While tracking it down, Reiko unwittingly exposes her son to the tape, pitting her in a race against the clock to discover the secrets behind its origin. A dirgelike procession of contorted corpses, grainy video footage and disturbing imagery, Nakata’s brooding J-horror classic unleashes a barrage of nightmare fuel that feeds off of the technological anxieties of our modern era.

This screening of Ringu is part of Japan Society's Monthly Classics Series.
 

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